Liquid-level indicator



P. S. MABIE LIQUID LEVEL INDICATOR March 15, 1927.

Filed July 8, 1925 INVENTOR.

7 21:76. Mabz'e.

Patented Mar. 15, 1927.

UNITED STA-resParent orifice;

' PAUL s. YMABIE; or'n'arnornmrcrrieeu, ssrenon crown-Hens- 'ro- ILLIAM,"

IEIS'II'JCDN, OF DETROIT; MICHIGAN. g

LIQUID-LEVEL more-Aron.

Application filed-July 8,

' ularl y for; people. Whoi are not tall without getting dirty from contact with the car, and

i the same objection holds good with regard to measuring devices located onthe top of the tank and below the top of thecowl.

Another object of the invention is to provide aliquid level indicator consisting of two mainparts; a bushing adapted to be secured to the filler opening of the tank and having operating parts so attached to it that they can be inserted through the usual opening in the top of the cowland into the tank subsequent to their assembly in the bushing, and a gauge adapted to be fitted on an instrument board and having a pointer mounted on a rotatable rod which can be quickly and easily coupled to a second rod projecting through the sideof the bushing after the two main parts have been installed in their respective locations.

A further object of the invention is to provide a liquid level indicator wherein there is ample space within the bushing for gasoline to be poured therethrough, and to provide the upper end of the bushing with thread into which the original filler cap can be screwed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention, which consists in certain novel construction and combination of parts, is hereinafter-more fully described with the aid of the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is'a detail of the gage.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates part of the cowl of an automobile and 2 the instrument board; through the cowl is the usual-opening 3 through which gasoline may The device is 1925; se ies no; earls.

be poured into. thetank 4,. the supporti g I ,Inta the ordinary threaded opening 5 of means for which is notyshown.

the a bushing 6 is screwed,)the upper end: of which is provided with an internal thread 811111 312130 the thread in the opening 5 so that the cap 8: may be: removed 15mm. its: original; location in. the tank filler oonnection andsecured; to the upper end of the bushing v i v l l-n the bushing is aninwardly projecting;-

surface 9, and exteriorly around the bushing isa flanged bearing surface 10 which is adapted to seat on the'upper face of the I opening 5. A depending element 11 is secured to the underside of the surface 9 and outwards through the flanged portion from the said surface is a passage 12. A rod 13 of such size as to be an easy sliding fit into the passage passes therethrough and has its inner end riveted or otherwiseseoured, to

an arm'14. The other end of the arm 14 is pivotally attached to the member 15. At

the lower end of the depending element 11a lever arm 16 is pivotally mountedat 17 one end of the lever is secured to the member 15,

and the other end 18 is provided with a so Onthe instrument board 2 a gauge 20 is I arranged which is calibrated to show the f number of inches of gasoline in the tank, and

a pointer 21 is'fastened on the rod 22'which 8 The arm 14 then turns the rods 13 and 22 thereby actuating thepointer21. I

It Will be noted that the bushing with its partssuch as the'lever 16, member 15 and depending element 11 can, after assembly,

be easily introduced through the cowl opening 3 and the filler opening 5,and similarly the gauge 20 with'its forwardly projecting rod 22 can in a fewmoments be fastened to the instrument board, preferably after the two rods 13 and 22 haveibeen coupled together. \Vhen desired the rods 13 and 22 may be made in one piece, this, however, makes the device somewhat more awkward to install, and necessitates the pointer 21 being mounted subsequent to the installation of the device.

Again a horizontally placedcircular tank is shown in the drawings, and therefore men-- tion has been made of the fact that the gauge .reads in inches of depth since each inch does not contain a uniform quantity. For tanks of uniform cross section the gauges can of course be made to read in gallons.

' While in theforegoing the preferred embodiment of-the invention'has been described and shown, it is'understood that the construction is subject to such alterations as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

I What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a liquid level indicator for automobile tanks, the combination with a tank arranged under the cowl and having its upper end in w front of an instrument board, of a bushing the lower end of which is adapted to engage opening is formed, a depending element secured to the underside of said projection, a rod extending through and rotatably mounted in said lateral opening a link in said bushing one end of which is fixed to said rod, a lever fulcrumed on the lower end of said element, a float on one end of said lever, v

a member connecting the other end of said lever with the end of the link remote from said rod, said memberbeing raised and low-- ered by'the rise and fallof said float and turning said link and rod, a gauge on the instrument board, a pointer'on said gauge, and means connecting the rod and pointer for turning said pointer by the rotation of said rod. f

PAUL S. M'ABIE. 

